Don Byas

Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also led his own band. He lived in Europe for the last 26 years of his life.

Bebop in the City: Don Byas in 1945 - 2025-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Summer Full of Jazz - 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Música para Reducir la Ansiedad y el Estrés - 2025-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Chill Jazz Classics - 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Nada Como El Jazz Instrumental - 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Laura - 2023-10-18T00:00:00.000000Z

The Birth Of Bop: The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection - 2023-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz Summer Nights - 2021-08-09T00:00:00.000000Z

All That Jazz, Vol. 135: Don Byas – Bopping Ballads - 2021-02-05T00:00:00.000000Z

From Swing to Bop - 2021-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Afternoon In Muzik - 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Don's Song - 2020-12-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz romantique - 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Encontro (Remastered 2018) - 2019-01-25T00:00:00.000000Z

The Mary Lou Williams Collection 1927-59 - 2014-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Brew Moore in Europe. Svingtet 14' - 2014-08-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz For Autumn - 2014-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Ben Webster Meets Don Byas - 2014-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Pierre Braslavsky - Don Byas, Jeunesse du jazz - 2014-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Don Byas at Nalen - Live in the Swedish Harlem (feat. Jan Johansson) - 2013-10-22T00:00:00.000000Z

The Cool Concept "Saxophone" - 2013-09-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Round About Midnight - 2011-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series Vol. 23 (Live At Lausanne 1949) - 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

In Paris - 2010-05-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Don Byas - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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